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Extending the Higgs sector: an extra singlet
An extension of the Standard Model with an additional Higgs singlet is
analyzed. Bounds on singlet admixture in 125 GeV h boson from electroweak
radiative corrections and data on h production and decays are obtained.
Possibility of double h production enhancement at 14 TeV LHC due to heavy higgs
contribution is considered.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures. v2: one equation added; references received
after the publication of v1 are adde
New Physics at 1 TeV?
If decays of a heavy particle S are responsible for the diphoton excess with
invariant mass 750 GeV observed at the 13 TeV LHC run, it can be easily
accomodated in the Standard Model. Two scenarios are considered: production in
gluon fusion through a loop of heavy isosinglet quark(s) and production in
photon fusion through a loop of heavy isosinglet leptons. In the second case
many heavy leptons are needed or/and they should have large electric charges in
order to reproduce experimental data on .Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
Two-photon physics at future electron-positron colliders
Two photon collisions offer a variety of physics studies that can be
performed at the future electron-positron colliders. Using the planned CEPC
parameters as a benchmark we consider several topics to be studied in the
two-photon collisions. With the full integrated luminosity the Higgs boson
photoproduction can be reliably observed. A large statistics of various
quarkonium states can be collected. The LEP results on the photon structure
function and the tau lepton anomalous magnetic moment can be improved by 1-2
orders of magnitude
Revisiting the 'LSND anomaly' II: critique of the data analysis
This paper, together with a preceding paper, questions the so-called 'LSND
anomaly': a 3.8 sigma excess of antielectronneutrino interactions over standard
backgrounds, observed by the LSND Collaboration in a beam dump experiment with
800 MeV protons. That excess has been interpreted as evidence for the
antimuonneutrino to antielectronneutrino oscillation in the \Deltam2 range from
0.2 eV2 to 2 eV2. Such a \Deltam2 range is incompatible with the widely
accepted model of oscillations between three light neutrino species and would
require the existence of at least one light 'sterile' neutrino. In a preceding
paper, it was concluded that the estimates of standard backgrounds must be
significantly increased. In this paper, the LSND Collaboration's estimate of
the number of antielectronneutrino interactions followed by neutron capture,
and of its error, is questioned. The overall conclusion is that the
significance of the 'LSND anomaly' is not larger than 2.3 sigma.Comment: 30 pages, 16 figures, 6 table
Reply to 'Corrections to the HARP-CDP Analysis of the LSND Neutrino Oscillation Backgrounds'
The alleged mistakes in recent papers that reanalyze the backgrounds to the
'LSND anomaly' do not exist. We maintain our conclusion that the significance
of the 'LSND anomaly' is not 3.8 sigma but not larger than 2.3 sigma.Comment: 3 page
Why the paper CERN-PH-EP-2009-015 (arXiv:0903.4762) is scientifically unacceptable
The paper CERN-PH-EP-2009-015 (arXiv:0903.4762) by A. Bagulya et al. violates
standards of quality of work and scientific ethics on several counts. The paper
contains assertions that contradict established detector physics. The paper
falls short of proving the correctness of the authors' concepts and results.
The paper ignores or quotes misleadingly pertinent published work. The paper
ignores the fact that the authors' concepts and results have already been shown
wrong in the published literature. The authors seem unaware that cross-section
results from the 'HARP Collaboration' that are based on the paper's concepts
and algorithms are in gross disagreement with the results of a second analysis
of the same data, and with the results of other experiments.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
Comparison of Geant4 hadron generation with data from the interactions with beryllium nuclei of +8.9 GeV/c protons and pions, and of -8 GeV/c pions
Hadron generation in the Geant4 simulation tool kit is compared with
inclusive spectra of secondary protons and pions from the interactions with
beryllium nuclei of +8.9 GeV/c protons and pions, and of -8.0 GeV/c pions. The
data were taken in 2002 at the CERN Proton Synchrotron with the HARP
spectrometer. We report on significant disagreements between data and simulated
data especially in the polar-angle distributions of secondary protons and
pions.Comment: 15 pages, 13 figure
Cross-sections of large-angle hadron production in proton- and pion-nucleus interactions VII: tin nuclei and beam momenta from \pm3 GeV/c to \pm15 GeV/c
We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production
of secondary protons, charged pions, and deuterons, in the interactions with a
5% nuclear interaction length thick stationary tin target, of proton and pion
beams with momentum from \pm3 GeV/c to \pm15 GeV/c. Results are given for
secondary particles with production angles between 20 and 125 degrees.
Cross-sections on tin nuclei are compared with cross-sections on beryllium,
carbon, copper, tantalum and lead nuclei.Comment: 68 pages, 13 figure
Cross-Sections of Large-Angle Hadron Production in Proton- and Pion-Nucleus Interactions V: Lead Nuclei and Beam Momenta from +/-3 Gev/c to +/-15 Gev/c
We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production
of secondary protons, charged pions, and deuterons, in the interactions with a
5% nuclear interaction length thick stationary lead target, of proton and pion
beams with momentum from +/-3 GeV/c to +/-15 GeV/c. Results are given for
secondary particles with production angles 20 to 125 degrees. Cross-sections on
lead nuclei are compared with cross-sections on beryllium, copper, and tantalum
nuclei.Comment: 67 pages, 13 figures, 47 table
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